is an epistolary novel written by American novelist Stephen Chbosky. It was published on February 1, 1999 by MTV. The story is narrated by a teenager who goes by the alias of "Charlie"; he describes various scenes in his life by writing a series of letters to an anonymous person, whom he does not know personally. The book was made into a film in 2012, starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, directed by the author. The story takes place in a suburb of Pittsburgh during the early 1990s, when Charlie is a high school freshman. Charlie is the eponymous wallflower of the novel. He is an unconventional thinker, and as the story begins he is shy and unpopular.
Plot Summary:
"Charlie" is the alias of the adolescent narrator of the novel, who is about to begin his first year of high school. The novel is presented through letters that Charlie writes to an anonymous friend, whom he hears girls at school talk about fondly. Charlie begins his freshman year apprehensive due to the death of his only good friend Michael, who committed suicide several months before. He does not feel that he can lean on his parents or older siblings for support, because they never truly understood him. He also explains that the only relative that he ever felt close to was his Aunt Helen, but she was killed in a car accident on his seventh birthday.
Charlie soon befriends two seniors, Sam, and her step-brother Patrick. Throughout the story, Sam, Patrick, and Charlie's English teacher Bill introduce him to many new experiences and the letters he writes show his growth. In the end, he learns that he can go on life without being scared because he is a wallflower. Charlie writes about situations he gets into with his new friends including going to parties, seeing and performing in Rocky Horror Picture Show and going on his first date. Charlie also falls in love with Sam during the novel. He writes to his anonymous friend a lot about love. Besides his feelings for Sam, he also briefly dates Mary Elizabeth, another girl in their group of friends. In addition, Charlie writes about Patrick's relationship with Brad, the quarterback of the football team, who is gay but still "in the closet". Another relationship discussed is his sister's, who is dating a boy who Charlie witnessed hitting her, which Charlie is especially sensitive to as his Aunt Helen was abused. Charlie grows a lot during the story and learns how to participate in life. At the end of the summer, Patrick and Sam take Charlie through the tunnel again, this time, with Charlie standing in the truck bed.
My opinion:
This book is an amazing book ever made (: I was so psyched when I saw a fan made poster about this movie, I waited for this for a long time. I have no idea that this came from a book. So I asked my mom to buy me one. It was in the middle of September when I started to read it, it took me 1 week. I read it to waste time, I brought it to school with me because school is such a boredom. At first, I wasn't aware of all the inappropriate words that is in the book. And yes, it's for 18 years and above. But I didn't mind it, I really want to read it so I did. It was an inspirational book for me, because Charlie is a wallflower and who would have thought he'll have friends? I mean, he doesn't care about what's happening, he's a SUPER SHY PERSON. Nobody understood him except for his aunt, Aunt Helen. And the way the book was created, it was unique. I've never read anything like that book. It was a diary composed of what he was doing (obviously). I've seen the movie once in the cinemas with my best friend, got home 12:30 in the morning just to watch it. I was disappointed though, because some of my favorite parts or what I had read wasn't in the movie, yeah all of movies are like that. But I was still finding the parts in the book. But the movie is banana's good. Emma and Logan did a great job. I recommend everybody to read and watch this amazing thing that was created by an amazing author, Stephen Chbosky. I hope it'll have a sequel though (:
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